Davis, Gjere, Kruse, Schluetter top Tasseldega Nights
![Dustin Kruse won the USRA B-Mod main event.](/ClientFiles/images/news/20240720-usra-deer-creek-speedway-kruse-dustin.jpg)
Dustin Kruse won the USRA B-Mod main event.
It was Tasseldega Nights at Deer Creek Speedway on Saturday. The Local County Corn Growers Associations of Dodge, Goodhue, Freeborn, Fillmore, Olmsted and Wabasha counties provided free admission to the grandstand.
The program was also supported by SGI, Absolute Energy, Poet Biorefining, Midwest Machinery, J&S JCB, J&S Repair, Schott Distributing, Dierks Farms, Mark Sexton Trucking, First Farmers & Merchants State Bank of Grand Meadow, Stewartville and Racine, K2 Ag-Legacy Seed, KIK Marketing and LRS Waste Services.
The USRA B-Mods had 33 entries and ran one feature this week.
Dustin Kruse took off from the outside of row one and opened up a big lead. The race for second on back was good with Brandon Hare, Jayden Larson, Taylor Skauge and Kaeden Bronner.
A yellow on lap nine would slow the race but it did not deter Kruse at all. He took off again and dominated the rest of the way for his third win of the season.
Hare finished second followed by Larson, Skauge and Bronner.
Nineteen cars started the USRA Hobby Stock feature. The race was really good, but it was hindered by a number of yellow flags.
Luke Schluetter and Krysta Doughty put on a show between the slowdowns. Doughty led until lap five when Schluetter nabbed the lead before a yellow on lap five.
On the restart, Chris Hovden made it three wide for the lead. The fifth yellow waved on lap seven and laps were cut. Another yellow on lap 14 set up a green-white-checkered finish.
Schluetter fended off a late challenge from Doughty for his first win of the year.
Nick Schwebach drove to third in the last scramble while Hovden was fourth. Ryan Goergen raced from tenth to finish in the fifth position.
Blake Adams shot to the early lead in the USRA Stock Car feature. Phillip Dunbar, Brandon Hare and Brayden Gjere were three wide for second on lap three.
Gejere zoomed to second and took after Adams. They ran close on laps six through eight before the pair exchanged several slide jobs and the lead changed several times.
Gjere took the lead on lap 12 before a yellow slowed the race and set up an exciting restart. The green came out and Hare challenged Gjere for the lead.
Hare was scored the leader on lap 14 before the yellow flag came out again. On the restart, Gjere planted himself on the cushion and drove back by Hare for the lead on lap 18.
Gjere led the last two laps for his first win of the season and ninth overall.
Hare finished second with Adams in third. Shanw Peter was fourth and Andrew Bleess charged from twelfth to fifth.
Twenty-three USRA Modifieds took the green flag for their 25-lap feature and Ryan Wetzstein jumped from row one to the lead.
Parker Hale and Jacob Bleess raced for second before a caution for debris slowed the race on lap four.
On the restart, Wetzstein led while Brandon Davis made it three wide with Hale and Bleess for second. Bleess got to second and Davis was third on lap six.
They ran that way until they caught lapped traffic on lap 14 and a yellow flag flew.
On the restart, Hale threw a "haymaker" of a slide job on Wetzstein and stole the lead int turn two and Davis was right there with the lead duo. Dustin Sorensen, who started 21st, was now in the top five.
Davis stole the lead on lap 20 while the top four remained in tight formation. Davis Davis led the final five laps for his 78th career win at Deer Creek.
Hale finished second while Sorensen’s charge ended in third. Joe Chisholm made a late charge to fourth and Wetzstein ened up fifth in the final rundown.
OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, Minn.
Saturday, July 20, 2024
Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver and hometown
USRA MODIFIEDS
Heat #1:
1. (2) 28 Parker Hale, Grand Meadow, Minn.
2. (1) 02 Cole Denner, Ionia, Iowa
3. (6) 25 Joe Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
4. (3) 43 Zach Brom, Winona, Minn.
5. (7) 29H Joe Horgdal, Mantorville, Minn.
6. (4) 77 Jacob Stark, Austin, Minn.
7. (5) 19 Dustin Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
8. (8) 18M Mason McEvers, Rochester, Minn.
Heat #2:
1. (4) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
2. (3) 50III Brandon Davis, Hayfield, Minn.
3. (7) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
4. (5) 61T Tammy Soma-Clark, Rochester, Minn.
5. (6) 12 Nick Murgic, Rosemount, Minn.
6. (2) 17W Ryan Wiome, Center City, Minn.
7. (1) 20G Mike Grantham, Hardinsburg, Ky.
8. (8) 82 Robert Theuringer, Rochester, Minn.
Heat #3:
1. (2) 90 Ryan Wetzstein, W. Concord, Minn.
2. (3) 95X Shaun Walski, Rollingstone, Minn.
3. (5) 28S Spencer Stock, Racine, Minn.
4. (1) 4A Joel Alberts, Mantorville, Minn.
5. (6) 98M Mitchel Madery, Kasson, Minn.
6. (7) 5JF Jonathen Feda, Bemidji, Minn.
7. (4) 33 Joe Ludemann, Grand Meadow, Minn.
Feature:
1. (8) 50III Brandon Davis, Hayfield, Minn.
2. (2) 28 Parker Hale, Grand Meadow, Minn.
3. (21) 19 Dustin Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
4. (7) 25 Joe Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
5. (1) 90 Ryan Wetzstein, W. Concord, Minn.
6. (3) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
7. (4) 95X Shaun Walski, Rollingstone, Minn.
8. (5) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
9. (12) 43 Zach Brom, Winona, Minn.
10. (14) 12 Nick Murgic, Rosemount, Minn.
11. (6) 28S Spencer Stock, Racine, Minn.
12. (10) 02 Cole Denner, Ionia, Iowa
13. (20) 33 Joe Ludemann, Grand Meadow, Minn.
14. (15) 98M Mitchel Madery, Kasson, Minn.
15. (11) 4A Joel Alberts, Mantorville, Minn.
16. (13) 29H Joe Horgdal, Mantorville, Minn.
17. (19) 20G Mike Grantham, Hardinsburg, Ky.
18. (22) 18M Mason McEvers, Rochester, Minn.
19. (23) 82 Robert Theuringer, Rochester, Minn.
20. (9) 61T Tammy Soma-Clark, Rochester, Minn.
21. (17) 17W Ryan Wiome, Center City, Minn.
22. (18) 77 Jacob Stark, Austin, Minn.
23. (16) 5JF Jonathen Feda, Bemidji, Minn.
USRA STOCK CARS
Heat #1:
1. (4) 14A Blake Adams, McIntire, Iowa
2. (8) 23 Brayden Gjere, Mabel, Minn.
3. (2) 14M Brian Mahlstedt, Ionia, Iowa
4. (6) 27 Shawn Peter, Mabel, Minn.
5. (7) 21X Xander Treichel, Greene, Iowa
6. (1) 67II Chris Toot, Albert Lea, Minn.
7. (3) 28 David Gustafson, Pine Island, Minn.
8. (5) 71½ Greg Jensen, Albert Lea, Minn.
DNS – 14 Brady Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
Heat #2:
1. (4) 67F Kyle Falck, Decorah, Iowa
2. (5) 56H Brandon Hare, Elma, Iowa
3. (2) 54 Dillon Anderson, Decorah, Iowa
4. (7) 35X Phillip Dunbar, Rushford, Minn.
5. (9) 11X Levi Sand, Caledonia, Minn.
6. (3) 2 Andrew Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
7. (6) 67 Levi Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
8. (8) 01 Kory Adams, Stacyville, Iowa
9. (1) 87 Travis Shipman, Mason City, Iowa
Feature:
1. (4) 23 Brayden Gjere, Mabel, Minn.
2. (3) 56H Brandon Hare, Elma, Iowa
3. (2) 14A Blake Adams, McIntire, Iowa
4. (7) 27 Shawn Peter, Mabel, Minn.
5. (12) 2 Andrew Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
6. (9) 11X Levi Sand, Caledonia, Minn.
7. (16) 01 Kory Adams, Stacyville, Iowa
8. (17) 87 Travis Shipman, Mason City, Iowa
9. (10) 21X Xander Treichel, Greene, Iowa
10. (8) 54 Dillon Anderson, Decorah, Iowa
11. (14) 67 Levi Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
12. (1) 35X Phillip Dunbar, Rushford, Minn.
13. (15) 71½ Greg Jensen, Albert Lea, Minn.
14. (13) 28 David Gustafson, Pine Island, Minn.
15. (11) 67II Chris Toot, Albert Lea, Minn.
16. (6) 14M Brian Mahlstedt, Ionia, Iowa
17. (5) 67F Kyle Falck, Decorah, Iowa
DNS – 14 Brady Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
USRA B-MODS
Heat #1:
1. (1) 2C Cole Bennerotte, Byron, Minn.
2. (4) 42B Kaeden Bronner, Austin, Minn.
3. (5) 10T Trevor Fecht, Allison, Iowa
4. (2) 28 James Patzner, Winona, Minn.
5. (7) 35JR Garitt Wytaske, Austin, Minn.
6. (6) 29 Lilli Reps, Utica, Minn.
7. (3) 16 Jacob Bennett, Austin, Minn.
8. (8) 77 Matt Stark, Austin, Minn.
9. (9) 3K Kody Sexton, Rochester, Minn.
Heat #2:
1. (1) 5 Brandon Hare, Elma, Iowa
2. (3) 14 Caden Neisius, Hastings, Minn.
3. (4) 3A Taylor Ausrud, Hayfield, Minn.
4. (5) 19 Cody Maier, New Albin, Iowa
5. (7) 65 Tommy Myer, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
6. (2) 83 Braeden Allen, Ostrander, Minn.
7. (6) 33 Corbin Ludemann, Grand Meadow, Minn.
DNS – 7C Curtis Parmenter, Albert Lea, Minn.
Heat #3:
1. (2) RED1 Dan Wheeler, Savage, Minn.
2. (5) 32 Taylor Skauge, Caledonia, Minn.
3. (7) 6 Dustin Kruse, Baltic, S.D.
4. (6) 88 Bryer McCoy, Webster City, Iowa
5. (1) 13 Jesse Antiporek, Dexter, Minn.
6. (8) 99 Noah Grinstead, Austin, Minn.
7. (3) 41 Cheyanne Murgic, Hampton, Minn.
8. (4) 47 Kyle Swanson, Bellchester, Minn.
Heat #4:
1. (6) 02K Hunter Kennedy, St. Ansgar, Iowa
2. (2) 36K Jayden Larson, Mankato, Minn.
3. (5) 87H Harley Dais, Winona, Minn.
4. (3) 15 Cole Neisius, Cannon Falls, Minn.
5. (1) 57 Kyle King, Hastings, Minn.
6. (4) 29S Raymond Rehbein, Byron, Minn.
7. (7) 17 Justin Murray, Owatonna, Minn.
DNS – 21 Rian Leichtnam, Grand Meadow, Minn.
"B" Feature #1:
1. (3) 99 Noah Grinstead, Austin, Minn.
2. (1) 15 Cole Neisius, Cannon Falls, Minn.
3. (2) 13 Jesse Antiporek, Dexter, Minn.
4. (6) 41 Cheyanne Murgic, Hampton, Minn.
5. (4) 29S Raymond Rehbein, Byron, Minn.
6. (7) 3K Kody Sexton, Rochester, Minn.
7. (5) 17 Justin Murray, Owatonna, Minn.
8. (8) 21 Rian Leichtnam, Grand Meadow, Minn.
DNS – 47 Kyle Swanson, Bellchester, Minn.
"B" Feature #2:
1. (1) 35JR Garitt Wytaske, Austin, Minn.
2. (2) 57 Kyle King, Hastings, Minn.
3. (4) 29 Lilli Reps, Utica, Minn.
4. (5) 16 Jacob Bennett, Austin, Minn.
5. (6) 33 Corbin Ludemann, Grand Meadow, Minn.
6. (7) 77 Matt Stark, Austin, Minn.
7. (3) 83 Braeden Allen, Ostrander, Minn.
DNS – 7C Curtis Parmenter, Albert Lea, Minn.
"A" Feature:
1. (2) 6 Dustin Kruse, Baltic, S.D.
2. (3) 5 Brandon Hare, Elma, Iowa
3. (4) 36K Jayden Larson, Mankato, Minn.
4. (6) 32 Taylor Skauge, Caledonia, Minn.
5. (5) 42B Kaeden Bronner, Austin, Minn.
6. (10) 14 Caden Neisius, Hastings, Minn.
7. (12) 87H Harley Dais, Winona, Minn.
8. (7) 3A Taylor Ausrud, Hayfield, Minn.
9. (1) 02K Hunter Kennedy, St. Ansgar, Iowa
10. (17) 99 Noah Grinstead, Austin, Minn.
11. (11) 2C Cole Bennerotte, Byron, Minn.
12. (14) 88 Bryer McCoy, Webster City, Iowa
13. (18) 35JR Garitt Wytaske, Austin, Minn.
14. (13) 19 Cody Maier, New Albin, Iowa
15. (8) RED1 Dan Wheeler, Savage, Minn.
16. (9) 10T Trevor Fecht, Allison, Iowa
17. (15) 65 Tommy Myer, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
18. (19) 15 Cole Neisius, Cannon Falls, Minn.
19. (22) 29 Lilli Reps, Utica, Minn.
20. (16) 28 James Patzner, Winona, Minn.
21. (21) 13 Jesse Antiporek, Dexter, Minn.
22. (26) 33 Corbin Ludemann, Grand Meadow, Minn.
23. (20) 57 Kyle King, Hastings, Minn.
24. (24) 16 Jacob Bennett, Austin, Minn.
25. (23) 41 Cheyanne Murgic, Hampton, Minn.
26. (25) 29S Raymond Rehbein, Byron, Minn.
USRA HOBBY STOCKS
Heat #1:
1. (1) 15R Ryan Crooks, Ionia, Iowa
2. (5) 03 Krysta Doughty, Hudson, Wis.
3. (2) 7D Devin Holthaus, Cresco, Iowa
4. (3) 99J Jeremy Werner, Rollingstone, Minn.
5. (6) 15C Caden Helle, Garnavillo, Iowa
6. (4) 28K Kaitlyn Paulson, Pine Island, Minn.
7. (7) 59F Austin Fishel, Houston, Minn.
Heat #2:
1. (1) 07 Chris Hovden, Cresco, Iowa
2. (5) 47P Parker Anderson, Welcome, Minn.
3. (2) 6 Dustin Gulbrandson, Sioux Falls, S.D.
4. (4) 18JR Gavin Bartel, Kasson, Minn.
5. (3) 32J Carter Jonsgaard, Lewiston, Minn.
DNS – 70 Steve Holthaus, Cresco, Iowa
Heat #3:
1. (5) 35 Luke Schluetter, New Hampton, Iowa
2. (3) 38S Nick Schwebach, Fountain, Minn.
3. (2) 10 Blake Schneekloth, Brandon, S.D.
4. (6) G12 Ryan Goergen, Stacyville, Iowa
5. (4) 18Z Zac Smith, Manly, Iowa
6. (1) 67 Nathan Albrecht, Winona, Minn.
Feature:
1. (2) 35 Luke Schluetter, New Hampton, Iowa
2. (1) 03 Krysta Doughty, Hudson, Wis.
3. (5) 38S Nick Schwebach, Fountain, Minn.
4. (4) 07 Chris Hovden, Cresco, Iowa
5. (10) G12 Ryan Goergen, Stacyville, Iowa
6. (8) 47P Parker Anderson, Welcome, Minn.
7. (3) 15R Ryan Crooks, Ionia, Iowa
8. (13) 15C Caden Helle, Garnavillo, Iowa
9. (15) 18Z Zac Smith, Manly, Iowa
10. (7) 6 Dustin Gulbrandson, Sioux Falls, S.D.
11. (6) 7D Devin Holthaus, Cresco, Iowa
12. (16) 67 Nathan Albrecht, Winona, Minn.
13. (12) 99J Jeremy Werner, Rollingstone, Minn.
14. (14) 32J Carter Jonsgaard, Lewiston, Minn.
15. (9) 10 Blake Schneekloth, Brandon, S.D.
16. (17) 28K Kaitlyn Paulson, Pine Island, Minn.
17. (11) 18JR Gavin Bartel, Kasson, Minn.
18. (18) 59F Austin Fishel, Houston, Minn.
DNS – 70 Steve Holthaus, Cresco, Iowa
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